Highlights:

  • A database environment can be replicated using SkySQL across many data centers owned by a cloud provider.
  • Semantic Agents and SkyCopilot are two AI tools that SkySQL provides to make its database service more user-friendly.

SkySQL Inc. raised USD 6.6 million in the seed funding round. The startup offers cloud-based relational database service.

The funding came from Eniac Ventures, Good Capital, and WTI.

After splitting off from MariaDB plc, a business that sells a well-known open-source database of the same name, SkySQL debuted last year. The program is a more rapid and scalable variant of another popular database called MySQL. The cloud-based MariaDB and MySQL environments are available through SkySQL’s namesake cloud service.

The company offers two editions of its service.

Users can determine the chunk of infrastructure to be allotted to databases in Provisioned Mode, the first edition. According to workload needs, the other edition, known as Serverless Mode, automatically adds or removes hardware. As a result, it eliminates the requirement for overprovisioning, which is the process of giving a database more hardware than is typically required to handle unforeseen surges in traffic.

A database environment can be replicated using SkySQL across many data centers owned by a cloud provider. It also disperses clones among several clouds when required. A failover mechanism can quickly transition to the other nodes in the event that one of the servers hosting the database has technical difficulties.

A proxy that also functions as a load balancer powers SkySQL’s failover capabilities. In order to prevent scenarios where one machine receives the majority of the queries and becomes overloaded, it divides user requests among the servers that support a database environment. To make sure file modifications are preserved, the proxy might also try unsuccessful data changes again.

Semantic Agents and SkyCopilot are two AI tools that SkySQL provides to make its database service more user-friendly.

Users can develop artificial intelligence agents that interact with data in their databases using the former feature. For instance, an agent could determine the most popular product by examining a set of sales logs kept in SkySQL. Developers can use natural language instructions to develop agents.

SkySQL’s second major AI function, SkyCopilot, was developed using the same technology that powers Semantic Agents. The latter tool guides on how to alter settings and resolve database issues. It can also assist users in optimizing the way SkySQL executes queries in order to lower infrastructure consumption and, consequently, expenses.

“As businesses increasingly rely on AI, it’s essential to trust the answers derived from critical data,” said SkySQL Chief Executive Officer Nithin Rao. “Our goal is to ensure companies have confidence in the insights driving their most important decisions.”

Along with the recent fundraising announcement, SkySQL revealed that over 40 customers have used its technology thus far.